Pole position

A Chinese blue-and-white porcelain is painted with the image of a young European lady playing on a swing. Looking elegant and lively, her hair is curled and she is wearing the royal costumes of ancient France.

A highlight of an ongoing exhibition at the Palace Museum, Splendor of the White Eagle: Arts and Power of Saxon-Polish Court, is Chinese porcelain with such European patterns.

The show focuses on the "Augustan Age" of the two Polish kings August II and August III.